Concrete dam engineering involves a multidisciplinary approach to ensure structural integrity, durability and safety. Recent advancements have focused on understanding the complex interplay between ...

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Eliminating obsolete or unsafe dams could help bolster community safety amid climate-induced weather extremes, watershed experts are recommending. Storms and floods have intensified in both frequency ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority's dam safety team is celebrating the performance of Nolichucky Dam, though leaders say the surrounding landscape will take years to restore after the 111-year-old ...

Across the world, large dams stand as some of humanity’s most ambitious engineering achievements. They are built not only to generate electricity, but to control floods, support agriculture, and ...

The Penacook Lake dam in Concord was assessed to be in poor condition in 2022. (Dana Wormald | New Hampshire Bulletin) Experts predict an increase in extreme precipitation events through the next ...

Water during an extreme flood event could exceed the design capacity of the dam. An "extreme" flooding event at the Mojave River Dam could put hundreds of thousands of Southern California residents ...

In the early morning of July 4, the Texas Hill Country received record rainfall—about eight inches in four hours in Hunt, Texas. The deluge caused the Guadalupe River to overtop its banks and claim ...